unit 3

Question 1

anticyclone

Answer 1

high-pressure system, good and dry weather, air sinks and moves away from the center

Question 2

cyclone

Answer 2

low-pressure system, wet and cloudy weather, air rises and moves towards center

Question 3

what are the layers of the atmosphere?

Answer 3

troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere

Question 4

troposphere

Answer 4

lowest layer, gets colder as altitude increases, weather occurs here

Question 5

stratosphere

Answer 5

contains ozone layer, as altitude increases it gets hotter

Question 6

mesosphere

Answer 6

meteor showers happen in this layer, as altitude increases it gets colder

Question 7

thermosphere

Answer 7

auroras happen in this layer, as altitude increases it gets hotter

Question 8

what is acid rain

Answer 8

precipitation with ph less than 5.0 (mostly made up of sulfuric acid and nitrogen oxide)

Question 9

what elements are the gases made up of?

Answer 9

78% nitrogen 21% oxygen

Question 10

conduction

Answer 10

heat transfer through direct contact

Question 11

convection

Answer 11

heat transfer caused by up and down movement of gases and liquids

Question 12

radiation

Answer 12

heat transfer through waves

Question 13

cold front

Answer 13

when cold air slides underneath a warm air mass, thunderstorms

Question 14

warm front

Answer 14

when warm air glides over a cold air mass, little precipitation

Question 15

occluded fronts

Answer 15

when 3 air masses meet, light to heavy precipitation

Question 16

stationary fronts

Answer 16

when a warm and a cold air mass meet but neither move, mild winds and light precipitation

Question 17

what are the different air mass labels?

Answer 17

continental polar, continental tropical, maritime polar, maritime tropical

Question 18

what are the trade winds?

Answer 18

winds blow east to west, 0-30 N/S, tropical climate

Question 19

what are the westerlies?

Answer 19

winds blow west to east, 30-60 N/S, temperate climate

Question 20

what are the easterlies?

Answer 20

winds blow east to west, 60-90 N/S, polar climate

Question 21

whats the difference between tornadoes and hurricanes?

Answer 21

tornadoes - faster winds, narrow path of destruction, damaging winds, lasts minutes to hours, forms over land (collision of mT and cP air masses)
hurricanes - slower winds, wide path of destruction, damaging floods, lasts days to weeks, forms as low pressure systems over warm ocean water

Question 22

what is the coriolis effect

Answer 22

air currents bending one way or another due to earth’s rotation (clockwise zpp

Question 23

what is the coriolis effect

Answer 23

air currents bending one way or another due to earth’s rotation (clockwise zpp